Friday was German Reunification Day so the kids had the day off of school. With Martin supposed to be gone I had planned a trip to Monterey. And even though Martin turned out to be home, he opted to take advantage of the empty house for two days and decided to not join us.
Although only 2 hours away for only two nights, it was an adventure. I picked the kids up from school and got to experience the daily hustle that Martin experiences weekly: getting the kids from their school in the Castro to Oskar’s soccer practice in West Sunset at 4:15, then Alva’s gymnastics practice 10 minutes away at 4:30, then back to soccer after gymnastics ended at 5:25 before everyone was picked up at 5:30.
From the daily hustle, we started the drive south with a pit stop for snacks at CVS, In n Out for dinner and gas for the drive. This was followed shortly with another pit stop just south of Santa Cruz for Oskar to poop (like clockwork) and add more oil to the car (which I turned into a teaching moment). We didn’t get to the hotel in Monterey until 9pm, and before they saw anything, the comments began that they liked Monterey.
Friday morning we enjoyed the standard breakfast buffet and juice bar and then made our way over to the aquarium. I am not sure they learned anything but I think they had fun. And after four hours Alva was done so we called it a day and headed back to the hotel.
With all of us still not feeling 100% (the house had been struggling with colds since the beginning of school) we spent a few quiet moments on the bed reading and drawing followed by some hot tubbing and pool time.
The day wrapped up with s’mores at the hotel fire pit, lawn games and finally pizza on the bed watching our family’s favorite movie Around the World in 80 Days.
Saturday morning we had a few final snuggles in bed before driving home for Oskar’s soccer game.
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